STUDENT GRANT
Im not against people going out and getting an education to improve themselves.

What winds me up are those pretentious little gits who get about a month of Physcology or Philosophy 101 under their belts.
Suddenly they think they know it all and are better than you. Usually they go around in little groups stroking each others ego and spouting their proposterious shit for all the world to hear.

The use of the word "ATCUALLY" at the end of every sentence.

saying some comment usually ending along these lines "...As Socrates said ATCUALLY" Followed by a snort towards their little group and a smug look.

Then its followed up by " Well i'll be earning 5 times what you make in a couple of years ATCUALLY"

I was once told and i quote " You dont know how to think for yourself because you have never gone to university. Its only people who have been to university that have been taught how to use their brains properly , and thus think for themselves"
I was gobsmacked, he really believed that.
This took place outside a busy central city pub one saturday night. I am amazed the twat didnt get a beating by someone there with that attitude.

Some of the viz strips of student grant are remarkably spot on with these prats
(welgar, Tue 6 May 2008, 8:17, 7 replies)

Er, I think you might find
that it's "actually".

/pedantry
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Tue 6 May 2008, 8:23, closed)

Hehe
Also,

I know very well what you mean. I'm 18, i've never been to University yet i am currently one of two lead Net Admins for a 2000+ person company being paid as such. This is while all my friends are sitting on their behinds in University 'Learning how to use their brains'.

The problem is, i STILL get people like that. I just tell them what i do, and they shut up.

(sorry for the poorly composed reply, i've just woken up)
( Axai is in Montréal, Canada O.o, Tue 6 May 2008, 8:27, closed)

2Uni or Not2Uni ...
That is the question. Hmm.

One of my friends didn't go down the route of going into further / higher education at 16.

We're now both 38. He's earning a shed load more than me. Bastard.
(Eds Meds Mathskillz=1,Socialskillz=0, Tue 6 May 2008, 8:27, closed)

erm
Ok i made a spelling mistake. I guess thats becuse i dont know how to think for myself.
whoops im bad , a bit embarassing that.....
(welgar, Tue 6 May 2008, 8:47, closed)

@welgar's typo
To be honest, I thought you were typing it phonetically, based on the way the precocious little gits tend to pronouce it - as if it was spelt "Atch-uh-lee."

Have a click. I had similar grievances with these little fucktards at uni, because I was doing a science degree and therefore couldn't possibly think for myself because it wasn't a philosophical subject. I kid you not. What a bunch of vaginal discharges.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 6 May 2008, 9:33, closed)

@ The Supreme Crow
There was certainly a bit of this when I went to Uni. My degree was fairly loaded towards philosophy.
I remember myself and my housemate becoming quite depressed that we were putting all this time and thought into various essays that noone gave a shit about and nobody apart from the tutor would ever read.
( Boss Keloid Got your mother's maiden name tattooed on my arm, Tue 6 May 2008, 10:42, closed)

@Boss
Your humility is warming. I've actually got a lot of time for philosophy as a subject - granted, it can seem very abstract and wishy-washy at times, but I think it's good to try and wrap your brain around those questions occasionally. What annoys me is the smug sense of self-satisfaction a lot of them tend to have, which welgar so accurately describes.
But then I suppose the reality, as you rightly point out, is probably too depressing for most of them to deal with.
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 6 May 2008, 11:25, closed)